Thoughts on Thinking

"The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it." Eckhart Tolle

"People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them." Epictetus

"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates

"Consciousness is a terrible thing to waste." PunditGeorge

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

A Desert, A Monastery, and Me

Okay, an olive grove amidst Saguaro cactus. Where are you?

Arizona.Arizona
desert.Smack in the middle of the
desert is an unlikely oasis, or, more likely, Shangri-La.St. Anthony Monastery.Yes, there is a Greek Orthodox Monastery in
the Arizona desert.

Visitors are welcome and may take a self-guided tour of the
lovely grounds and chapels.Aroma.Did I mention aroma?Each chapel has a distinct fragrance.Even the gardens emitted the sweet aroma of
orange blossoms.

Very quiet (it is a monastery) and the St. Anthony Church
and other chapels inspire a quiet moment of mediation.

Who knew?Certainly
visuals and impressions that induce thoughts that go bump in the night.

You've got questions?

Just the FAQs, Please!

Few subjects are more fraught with anxiety and dissention than addiction. Fewer still are the resources for non-professionals that treat the matter with knowing, compassionate humor. Just the FAQ’s, Please straddles adroitly that precarious borderland between intimidating complexity on one hand and frustrating oversimplification on the other. . .

With the important distinction between substance abuse and dependence in place, the authors move to the heart of the book in describing the characteristic disruptions in normal behavior and thinking, both of addicts and of loved ones and others, whose lives are impacted by the addict’s seemingly willfully-destructive behavior. The book’s final chapters discuss contemporary treatment and information resources for addictive disorders. This portion of the book drives home the point that family members suffer as much or more than the identified patient the pain and anguish from this primitive, unrelentingly-powerful disorder.

Think More of Yourself!

Habits, Patterns, and Thoughts That Go Bump in the Night

Poetry! Philosophy! Mischief!

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Something happened, long ago.

Thoughts That Go Bump in the Night

Great thinking from some fine people...

Thomas Troward

Creative power, is that receptive attitude of expectancy which makes a mold into which the plastic and as yet undifferentiated substance can flow and take the desired form. We cannot really think in one way and act in another...

Sir Arthur Eddington

Mind is the first and most direct thing in our experience; all else is remote inference. Attributed: The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.

Emmet Fox

People are trying to change outer conditions but leaving their consciousness unchanged, and it cannot be done.

Epictetus

“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.” “Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable.”

Prentice Mulford

“In the spiritual life every person is his or her own discoverer, and you need not grieve if your discoveries are not believed in by others. It is your business to push on find more and increase individual happiness”

John A. Wheeler

Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once

Orville Wright

"We were lucky enough to grow up in an environment where there was much encouragement to children to pursue intellectual interests."

Myrtle Fillmore

If God is All, then God is Omnipresence. "That which is All can have no opposing power, so it must be Omnipotence. That which is Omnipresence must contain all Wisdom and must be Omniscience. Those who agree that God is all and insist that evil has power in life are not using logic

Charles Fillmore

Have faith in the power of your mind to penetrate and release the energy that is pent up in the atoms of your body, and you will be astounded at the response.

Mr. Einstein

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."

A Thought by Dr. Jung

We can never finally know. I simply believe that some part of the human Self or Soul is not subject to the laws of space and time.

James Allen

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors, that which it loves, and also that which it fears. It reaches the height of its cherished aspirations. It falls to the level of its unchastened desires - and circumstances are the means by which the soul receives its own. Every action and feeling is preceded by a thought.

A word from Mr. Churchill

"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."

Wallace Wattles

“The universe is a great advancing life, and the purpose of nature is the advancement of life towards perfection, towards perfect functioning. The purpose of nature is perfect health.”

Genevieve Behrend

"Thought as thought is neither good nor bad, it is creative action and always takes physical form."

Benjamin Franklin

When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the Republic.

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About Me

George Sewell studied the nature and process of personal change for thirty years as a counselor, manager, and administrator in the field of addictive disorders including problem gambling.
He is a playwright, author, and teacher. He has advanced degrees in Drama & Communications and Counseling and is a Licensed Prevention Professional and Internationally Certified Prevention Specialist.
He was awarded the Louisiana Division of the Arts Fellowship in Theatre (Playwriting.)
His books include "The Krismere," "Habits, Patterns, and Thoughts That Go Bump in the Night," "Just the FAQ's, Please, About Alcohol and Drug Abuse" (co-author Dan Baldwin) and "A Gnome, A Candle, And Me" (illustrated by Chester Delacruz.) George lives in Bossier City, Louisiana.